Passage to India: On the Ganges

On the Ganges,
1992

Ilfochrome print - Ed. 3 + 2AP

Mounted face in 0,6 cm (1/4") Plexiglas

101,6 x 152,4 cm (40 x 60")

This image was shot in Benares, the city also known as Varanasi on the banks of the holy river Ganges. This timeless image was taken at 5am from a rowboat. Francesco Clemente had once told me, as I prepared to depart for India, that I must take a purifying swim in the Ganges.

This is as close as I got.

The ablutions from the “Ghats” constitute a daily morning ritual for the people of Varanasi.